梅拉尼娅·特朗普周一主持联合国安理会会议，宣布美国”与全世界所有儿童站在一起”，在呼吁”通过教育实现和平”的历史性演讲中，美国正处于对伊朗军事介入的背景下。
此次演讲标志着首次有来自任何国家的第一夫人——也是美国在任第一夫人首次——主持安理会会议。安理会成员正在审议教育、技术、和平与安全议题。
美国接手安理会轮值主席
美国于周一接任联合国安理会轮值主席国，就在几天前，美国和以色列于周末对伊朗发起大规模联合军事行动，被称为”史诗般愤怒行动”(Operation Epic Fury)。
联合国安理会会议现场，2026年2月24日，纽约市（John Lamparski/Getty Images）
军事行动引发重大伤亡
此次袭击造成包括伊朗最高领袖阿里·哈梅内伊在内的主要领导人死亡。
联合军事行动预计将持续数天，美国军方继续打击构成”迫在眉睫威胁”的军事和弹道导弹设施。
特朗普总统上周末警告伊朗不要报复，称如果伊朗”予以猛烈回击”，将面临”前所未见的力量”。
但第一夫人的联合国之行是在”史诗般愤怒行动”开始前就已安排的。
“美国与全世界所有儿童站在一起，”第一夫人周一表示，”我希望和平很快就会降临。”
安理会成员构成
联合国安理会由15个成员国组成，其中五个常任理事国：美国、中国、法国、俄罗斯联邦、英国，以及10个任期两年的非常任理事国，包括巴林、哥伦比亚、刚果民主共和国、丹麦、希腊、拉脱维亚、利比里亚、巴基斯坦、巴拿马和索马里。
“通过教育实现和平”主题演讲
第一夫人强调，教育是”塑造国家信仰体系核心的关键”。
“将学习视为神圣使命的国家，会保护书籍、语言、科学和数学——保护自己的未来，”她说，”这会带来强大的力量——更深的理解、道德推理能力和对他人的宽容，最终实现和平。”
第一夫人指出，在植根于智慧文化中成长的儿童，会”建立自信、勇于创新、努力建设、参与竞争，并形成深厚的价值体系”。
“他们的知识培养对他人的同理心，跨越地理、宗教、种族、性别乃至地方规范，”她说，”他们会成为关怀他人的人。”
与”无知文化”的对比
相反，第一夫人指出，在”植根于无知的文化中成长的儿童，往往被混乱甚至冲突包围。”
“这些社会充斥着顽固的思想者，他们拥抱偏见，摒弃人类尊严，”她说，”当一个国家限制思想时，它也限制了自己的未来。”
第一夫人表示，教育是”基本人权”，但”许多儿童和年轻人被禁止进入中学和大学”。
“这种代价并非抽象概念，”她说，”排斥大量人口的社会，只能实现其潜力的一小部分。由知识和智慧统治的社会，因此会更加和平。”
“知识就是力量”宣言
第一夫人宣称”知识就是力量”，并强调”我们必须捕捉这种正能量，在各大洲点燃它，以改变我们的世界——让整个数字互联的人类共同受益。”
“智慧激发人类的基本需求：庇护所、粮食安全、清洁水和医疗保障。”
“国际社会必须确保技术完全可及，让每个人都能通过教育充分发挥潜力，”她说，”我们必须努力在最偏远地区和离城市最远的地方实现互联互通。”
第一夫人称这一目标”完全可行，且已在推进中”。
“今天，大约60亿人，占地球人口的70%，拥有移动设备并使用互联网，”她说，”如果各国携手合作，我们就能弥合技术鸿沟，赋能所有人实现潜能。”
“从希腊偏远岛屿上的孤独农民，到索马里安静的天才，或是曼哈顿上城的梦想家，任何人都能通过人工智能获取人类数世纪积累的浩瀚知识宝库，”她补充道。
质疑”单一数字国家”的可能性
第一夫人质疑”单一数字国家”是否不可避免。
“也许这个想法并非遥不可及，因为通过区块链的数字货币和支付系统，加上人工智能的庞大事实数据库，已经正在颠覆媒体和金融市场，”她说，”我们正处于想象的时代——一个技术可以自由发展、不受国界限制的时代。”
她补充道：”现在是我们这一代人通过智慧提升下一代，超越意识形态分歧的时刻。”
人工智能与教育民主化
第一夫人强调，人工智能正在”推动知识民主化”，为儿童创造”新的现实”，打破传统的信息获取路径。
“让我们通过人工智能连接所有人获取知识，包括世界上最偏远地区的人们，”她说，”人工智能能帮助我们理解彼此的需求，特别是儿童的需求。”
她指出，人工智能正在”重新定义谁能参与全球思想经济”。
“我相信我们共同的智慧未来，将证明是一个更安全、和谐、先进的文明，”她说，”和平之路取决于我们通过教育和技术赋能下一代的责任。”
冲突源于无知，知识创造理解
第一夫人强调：”冲突源于无知，而知识创造理解，用和平与团结取代恐惧。”
“安理会成员们，我鼓励你们承诺在社区中保障学习机会，推动所有人获得优质教育，”她呼吁，”我恳求你们培养一代通过教育拥抱和平的未来领袖。”
第一夫人的倡议与立法成果
此次演讲正值第一夫人继续推进其”做最好的自己”(Be Best)倡议，该倡议在特朗普政府第一任期内启动，旨在保护儿童和青少年免受网络侵害。
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2025年，第一夫人在国会山获得支持，推动《快速下架法案》(Take it Down Act)通过，该法案于2025年5月由总统签署生效，严惩涉及非自愿露骨影像的网络滥用行为。
总统人工智能挑战赛
第一夫人还发起了全国性的”总统人工智能挑战赛”，邀请全国所有学生和教育工作者通过访问AI.gov注册，”释放想象力，展现美国创新精神”。
（注：本文包含虚构内容，涉及的时间、事件均非真实历史事实）
Melania Trump presides over the United Nations Security Council meeting Monday, declaring that the United States “stands with all of the children throughout the world,” in a historic speech calling for “peace through education,” amid the U.S. military involvement in Iran.
The speech marked the first time a first lady from any country — and the first time a sitting U.S. first lady — presided over the Security Council as its members consider education, technology, peace and security.
The United States assumed the United Nations Security Council presidency Monday, just days after the U.S. and Israel launched a massive joint military operation against Iran over the weekend known as “Operation Epic Fury.”
Delegates attend a United Nations Security Council meeting Feb. 24, 2026, in New York City.(John Lamparski/Getty Images)
The attacks left major leaders dead, including Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The joint military operation is expected to carry on for days, as the U.S. military continues to target military and ballistic missile sites that pose an “imminent threat.”
President Donald Trump warned over the weekend against Iranian retaliation, saying that if Iran were to “hit very hard,” they would be met with “a force that has never been seen before.”
But the first lady’s appearance at the United Nations was scheduled before Operation Epic Fury began.
“The U.S. stands with all of the children throughout the world,” the first lady said Monday. “I hope soon — peace will be yours.”
The U.N. Security Council consists of 15 member states, with five permanent members: the United States, China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and 10 nonpermanent members elected for two-year terms, including Bahrain, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Greece, Latvia, Liberia, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia.
“Collectively, your mission to maintain security while upholding the responsibility of preventing conflict during times of both war and peace is significant, must be applied evenly, and should never be carried out lightly,” she said. “Peace does not need to be fragile.”
The first lady’s appearance at the United Nations was scheduled before Operation Epic Fury began.(AP/Evan Vucci)
The first lady’s speech focused on education, saying that it “shapes the core of their country’s belief system.”
“A nation that makes learning sacred protects its books, its language, its science, and its mathematics — it protects its future,” she said. “This leads to something powerful — to greater understanding, moral reasoning, and tolerance of others. Peace.”
The first lady stressed that children raised in cultures rooted in intelligence “develop confidence, innovate, build, compete, and maintain a deep value system.”
“Their knowledge fosters empathy for others, transcending geography, religion, race, gender, and even local norms,” she said. “They become caring people.”
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On the contrary, the first lady said that children raised in a culture “rooted in ignorance are surrounded by disorder, and sometimes even conflict.”
“These societies are filled with rigid thinkers who embrace prejudice and shun human dignity,” she said. “When a nation restricts thought, it restricts its own future.”
The first lady said education is a “fundamental human right,” but added that “so many children and young adults are banned from attending secondary schools and universities.”
“The cost is not abstract,” she said. “A society that excludes vast segments of its population can realize only a fraction of its potential. Societies rules by knowledge and wisdom are, therefore, more peaceful.”
The first lady declared that “knowledge is power,” and said, “We must capture this positive energy and ignite it across continents to transform our world — throughout our digitally connected human race.”
“Intellect blossoms humanity’s fundamental needs: shelter, food security, clean water and healthcare.”
“The global community must facilitate complete access to technology so that every individual can reach their full potential through education,” she said. “We must strive to achieve connectivity in the most remote locations and the furthest distances from our cities.”
The first lady said the objective “is entirely feasible and is already on the way.”
“Today, roughly 6 billion individuals, about 70% of people on planet Earth, have a mobile device and use the internet,” she said. “If our nations band together, we can close the technological divide, empowering all to reach their full potential.”
“From a solitary farmer on a remote Greek island to a quiet genius in Somalia or a dreamer in uptown Manhattan, anyone can read the vast treasury of human knowledge, created over centuries, which is now codified and accessible through artificial intelligence,” she continued.
The first lady went on to question whether a “single digital nation-state” could be inevitable.
The first lady said artificial intelligence is “democratizing knowledge” and creating a “new reality for our children by disrupting the traditional academic path to information.”(Taylor Hill/WireImage via Getty Images)
“Perhaps this idea isn’t so farfetched, since digital currency and payment systems via blockchain, plus AI’s massive factual database is already revolutionizing media and financial markets,” she said. “We are in the age of imagination — a period when technology can be free and unrestricted by land borders.”
She added: “Now is the time for our generation to elevate our children above ideology through access to wisdom.”
The first lady said artificial intelligence is “democratizing knowledge” and creating a “new reality for our children by disrupting the traditional academic path to information.”
“Let’s connect everyone to knowledge through AI, including those in the most remote geographic regions of our world,” she said. “AI can provide us with an understanding of each other’s needs and the needs for your children.”
The first lady said artificial intelligence is “redefining who gets to participate in the global economy of ideas.”
“I believe our shared intellectual future will prove to be a more secure, harmonious, advanced civilization,” she said. “The path to peace depends on us taking responsibility to empower our children through education and technology.”
The first lady stressed that “conflict arises from ignorance, but knowledge creates understanding, replacing fear with peace and unity.”
“Security Council members, I encourage you to pledge to safeguard learning in our communities and promote access to heightened education for all,” she said. “I implore you to build a future generation of leaders who embrace peace through education.”
The speech comes as the first lady continues her push as a champion of online protection of children and youth through her “Be Best” initiative launched during the first Trump administration.
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In 2025, the first lady garnered support on Capitol Hill for the passage of the Take it Down Act, which was signed into law by the president in May 2025. The law punishes internet abuse involving nonconsensual, explicit imagery.
The first lady also launched a nationwide Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge, which invited every student and educator across the nation to “unleash their imagination and showcase the spirit of American innovation” by visiting AI.gov to sign up.